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PM Nawaz performs groundbreaking of Lahore-Sialkot motorway

By: Mohsin Soomro

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has performed the groundbreaking of Lahore-Sialkot motorway on Monday.

The 89-kilometer long Lahore-Sialkot Motorway project would be completed in two years at a cost of 42.38 billion rupees.

Earlier, Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) approved a number of projects including Lahore-Sialkot motorway.

The decision was taken at an ECNEC meeting in Islamabad in the chair of Finance Minister Ishaq Dar.

“6 interchanges would be built at Lahore-Sialkot motorway starting from Kala Shah Kaku district of Sheikhupura,” said a statement issued by ECNEC.

Meanwhile, the ECNEC also approved the construction of Burhan-Havelian expressway which will cost 34.16 billion rupees and a project costing 22.16 billion rupees for provision of clean drinking water in Balochistan province.

The meeting was informed that Lowari Tunnel project will be completed by next year.

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M. M. Alam is a Pakistan-based working journalist since 1981. Karachi University faculty gold medalist Alam began his career four decades ago by writing for Dawn, Pakistan’s highest circulating English daily. He has worked for region’s leading publications, global aviation periodicals including Rotors (of USA) and vetted New York Times as permanent employee of daily Express Tribune. Alam regularly covers international aviation and defense-related events including Salon Du Bourget (France), Farnborough (United Kingdom), Dubai (UAE). Alam has reported thousands of events and interviewed hundreds of people in Pakistan, UAE, EU, UK and USA. Being Francophone Alam also coordinates with a number of French publications.